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Mozart's Requiem

BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sakari Oramo

,Barbican Hall
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Dark fire and glittering ice: Mozart’s Requiem crowns an evening of deep emotions and natural wonders from Sakari Oramo and pianist Martin Helmchen.

With some pieces, the myth is almost as compelling as the music – and few masterworks are more shrouded in myth than Mozart’s uncompleted Requiem. But nothing speaks more eloquently than Mozart’s own inspiration, and tonight, on the eve of All Souls, Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Chorus bring heart and soul to his haunting final words. 

First, though, pianist Martin Helmchen celebrates Amadeus at his most daring – the dark, dramatic piano concerto that some say is his very greatest. And because music never stands still, there’s a 21st century landscape from the brilliant Camille Pépin: a glistening, shimmering “fresco for orchestra” inspired by the life (and troubling death) of the world’s glaciers. Hearing is believing…

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Programme

  • Camille Pépin   Inlandsis
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   Requiem

Performers

  • BBC Symphony Orchestra  
  • Sakari Oramo   conductor
  • Martin Helmchen   piano
  • Francesca Chiejina   soprano
  • Claire Barnett-Jones   mezzo-soprano
  • Caspar Singh   tenor
  • Frazer Scott   bass
  • BBC Symphony Chorus  

Ticket prices

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Barbican Hall

Location
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Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

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